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WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer released the following statement today congratulating Paul Cofoni, corporate vice president and president of Computer Sciences Corporation's Federal Sector business unit and recipient of the 2004 Tony Coelho Award. The award ceremony will be held today, December 9 at CSC's Federal Sector headquarters in Falls Church, Va.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON DC - Congressman Steny Hoyer released the following statement following passage tonight of the Federal Employee Dental and Vision Benefits Enhancement Act of 2004, which enjoyed wide bipartisan support:________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD) released the following statement today applauding the inclusion of a 3.5 percent pay raise for federal employees in the Fiscal Year 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report. This provision provides civilian federal employees and military employees with the same pay adjustment, following a long-standing Congressional principle known as "pay parity." The House passed the Omnibus Conference Report today:________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC - House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD) released the following statement today regarding the removal of a bipartisan, bicameral provision to provide a level playing field for federal employees competing for their jobs (OMB Circular A-76) from the Fiscal Year 2005 Omnibus Appropriations Conference Report:________________________________________________________________________

CHARLES COUNTY - Congressman Steny Hoyer today joined Lee Kingham, Executive Director of the Epilepsy Foundation of the Chesapeake Region and Abilities Network and Travis Nichols, Program Director for Charles County to participate in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Epilepsy Foundation of the Chesapeake Region and the Abilities Network's new regional Southern Maryland office in La Plata. The Epilepsy Foundation of the Chesapeake Region is the local Epilepsy Foundation affiliate, which serves Maryland and Northern Virginia. Their sister organization, Abilities Network, provides developmental disabilities services for children and adults.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives passed the fiscal year 2005 Military Construction Appropriations and Defense Authorization Conference Reports today that provide funds for two projects important to Indian Head Naval Surface Warfare Center and Charles County. Only one of these projects was included in the President's fiscal year 2005 budget, the other was added to the bills at the request of Congressman Hoyer.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD) today announced that $65 million for the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Firefighters (SAFER) Program and $650 million for the Assistance to Firefighter Grant Program was included in the fiscal year 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Report. As a co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, Hoyer helped establish and fund both of these federal grant programs to assist fire departments across the country.________________________________________________________________________

WASHINGTON, DC Representatives Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Tom Davis (R-VA), Frank Wolf (R-VA), Jim Moran (D-VA), Albert Wynn (D-MD), and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), released the following joint statement today announcing that at their request, the District of Columbia Appropriations Conference Report for FY 2005, approved by the House of Representatives yesterday, included $300,000 in federal funds for the Capital Area Food Bank.________________________________________________________________________